elbow grease

Nghĩa

hard physical effort, especially when cleaning

Sức lao động chân tay vất vả, nhất là khi lau chùi.

Ví dụ

1. 1The oven looked hopeless, but a bit of elbow grease made it shine again.
2. 2Getting the old paint off the door took a lot of elbow grease.
3. 3These pans can’t go in the dishwasher, so they’ll need some elbow grease.
4. 4With enough elbow grease, the rusty bike looked almost new by Sunday.
5. 5Forget fancy sprays; what this carpet really needs is elbow grease.

Ngữ pháp

Danh từ không đếm được: không dùng a, không có số nhiều. Thường đi sau some, a bit of hoặc a lot of.